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Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00008
Title: Hoof operation on pony at the North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1915
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [back in black ink] Col. 55-08. FN9/u67. Hoof Operation on a Pony at North Dakota Agricultural College. Fargo, North Dakota. (From Non-Partisan League collection). Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED IN MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-black ink stamp] RECEIVED FROM MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back in pencil] No. 3 Hoof operation on pony at NDAC. 224 [in circle] 2 Col.]
Summary: The scene shows a room at the North Dakota Agriculture College in Fargo (N.D.) where an procedure is on-going. A pony is strapped down to table shaped to accommodate the configuration of an animal lying on its side. Veterinarian is working on the back hoof while two aproned men assist. One holds a bowl with liquid and cloth. Three men stand behind the head of the pony, monitoring the animals reactions. The head is covered with a cloth and strapped down. There are straps on its middrift and around each of the hooves. On the wall behind the trio of head-holders is a frame filled with comparative photographs of cattle breeds. A large window provides light. Published in Nonpartisan Leader Vol. 4, No. 20, May 17, 1917, p09, with the caption: A demonstration hoof operation being performed at the college on the animal's operating table, with a pony as the patient . Article written by E. B. Fussell.
Red ID: PH_I_144552 Image ID: 105576 Image Notes: 00055-00008

Collection: 00055 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1920

Summary: Images of agriculture, the Nonpartisan League, and buildings. Many of the images were used in the Nonpartisan Leader. Photographs were taken in Bismarck, Brantford, Buffalo Spring, Esmond, Fargo, Hekton, McKenzie, Pretty Rock, Williston and Wyndmere (N.D.).

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